NBA & ABA Year-by-Year Playoff Leaders and Records for Total Rebounds

Active players are listed in bold
* Indicates member of the Hall of Fame.

Table
Year Lg Player TRB Tm
2024 NBA Luka Dončić 208 DAL
2023 NBA Nikola Jokić 269 DEN
2022 NBA Al Horford 214 BOS
2021 NBA Giannis Antetokounmpo 269 MIL
2020 NBA LeBron James 226 LAL
2019 NBA Draymond Green 223 GSW
2018 NBA Draymond Green 222 GSW
2017 NBA Kevin Love 191 CLE
2016 NBA Draymond Green 228 GSW
2015 NBA Dwight Howard 238 HOU
2014 NBA Tim Duncan* 211 SAS
2013 NBA Tim Duncan* 214 SAS
2012 NBA LeBron James 224 MIA
2011 NBA Tyson Chandler 193 DAL
2010 NBA Pau Gasol* 255 LAL
2009 NBA Dwight Howard 353 ORL
2008 NBA Kevin Garnett* 274 BOS
2007 NBA Tim Duncan* 229 SAS
2006 NBA Dirk Nowitzki* 268 DAL
2005 NBA Tim Duncan* 286 SAS
2004 NBA Ben Wallace* 328 DET
2003 NBA Tim Duncan* 369 SAS
2002 NBA Shaquille O'Neal* 239 LAL
2001 NBA Dikembe Mutombo* 316 PHI
2000 NBA Shaquille O'Neal* 355 LAL
1999 NBA Tim Duncan* 195 SAS
1998 NBA Dennis Rodman* 248 CHI
1997 NBA Karl Malone* 228 UTA
1996 NBA Dennis Rodman* 247 CHI
1995 NBA Shaquille O'Neal* 250 ORL
1994 NBA Patrick Ewing* 293 NYK
1993 NBA Charles Barkley* 326 PHO
1992 NBA Horace Grant 194 CHI
1991 NBA Dennis Rodman* 177 DET
1990 NBA Bill Laimbeer 211 DET
1989 NBA Dennis Rodman* 170 DET
1988 NBA Bill Laimbeer 221 DET
1987 NBA Larry Bird* 231 BOS
1986 NBA Hakeem Olajuwon* 236 HOU
1985 NBA Robert Parish* 219 BOS
1984 NBA Larry Bird* 252 BOS
1983 NBA Moses Malone* 206 PHI
1982 NBA Caldwell Jones 189 PHI
1981 NBA Moses Malone* 305 HOU
1980 NBA Caldwell Jones 185 PHI
1979 NBA Elvin Hayes* 266 WSB
1978 NBA Marvin Webster 289 SEA
1977 NBA Bill Walton* 288 POR
1976 NBA Dave Cowens* 296 BOS
  ABA Julius Erving* 164 NYA
1975 NBA Wes Unseld* 276 WSB
  ABA George McGinnis* 286 INA
1974 NBA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* 253 MIL
  ABA Gerald Govan 246 UTS
1973 NBA Wilt Chamberlain* 383 LAL
  ABA Artis Gilmore* 260 KEN
1972 NBA Wilt Chamberlain* 315 LAL
  ABA Mel Daniels* 302 INA
1971 NBA Wes Unseld* 339 BAL
  ABA Zelmo Beaty* 263 UTS
1970 NBA Wilt Chamberlain* 399 LAL
  ABA Mel Daniels* 265 INA
1969 NBA Wilt Chamberlain* 444 LAL
  ABA Mel Daniels* 237 INA
1968 NBA Bill Russell* 434 BOS
  ABA Trooper Washington 261 PTP
1967 NBA Wilt Chamberlain* 437 PHI
1966 NBA Bill Russell* 428 BOS
1965 NBA Bill Russell* 302 BOS
1964 NBA Wilt Chamberlain* 302 SFW
1963 NBA Bill Russell* 326 BOS
1962 NBA Bill Russell* 370 BOS
1961 NBA Bill Russell* 299 BOS
1960 NBA Bill Russell* 336 BOS
1959 NBA Bill Russell* 305 BOS
1958 NBA Bill Russell* 221 BOS
1957 NBA Bill Russell* 244 BOS
1956 NBA Neil Johnston* 143 PHW
1955 NBA Dolph Schayes* 141 SYR
1954 NBA George Mikan* 171 MNL
1953 NBA George Mikan* 185 MNL
1952 NBA George Mikan* 207 MNL
1951 NBA Arnie Risen* 196 ROC